Q24~Q25: GWD32-Q13-Q14 个人认为答案错误，大家看看

kevin2ff

Manufacturing site location is an important consideration in determining the optimal deployment of a firm’s production resources, but one that is usually given only limited attention. Decisions about location are often based purely on quantitative analyses that trade off transportation costs, economies of scale, and other cost-based variables. This practice, however, can lead to suboptimal results, as decision-makers tend to focus only on easily quantifiable factors. A further disadvantage of strictly cost-based methods is that they tend to focus on cost advantage factors, which are often transitoryGovernment regulations, tax systems, and exchange rates can quickly change. Strategies based on such parameters may eventually be rendered obsolete by the very factors that first created an advantage.

In contrast, qualitative issues, which are frequently neglected in choosing manufacturing site locations, are often central to creating and supporting a competitive advantage. For example, the level of skill possessed by the local workforce varies with location; consequently, location can affect the ability of firms to implement skill-based process technologies. When formulating a site location strategy, companies should therefore emphasize qualitative factors to ensure that the chosen strategy supports the company’s overall business strategy. Only after establishing a set of desirable location options should companies refine choices using cost-based factors

Q14. According to the passage,analysis of quantitative factors is best used for which of the following?

A.Determining strategies for offsetting qualitative disadvantages in manufacturing site locations

B.Evaluating manufacturing site-location parameters affecting long-term competitive advantage

C.Choosing manufacturing site locations that have access to optimal workforce populations

D.Narrowing manufacturing site-location options arrived it through qualitative analysis

E.Making decisions about business considerations other than location of manufacturing sites


这道题我觉得选d，因为文章最后一句话，大家看看

hughlv

支持选D，lz可以搜一下老帖子关于这道题的讨论，有少数人认为是选C，但我觉得解释的比较牵强。

遗失的紫水晶

顶一下，谁能给个准话啊，到底选什么，还有 D选项it 指什么呢？

viridian

我也选D！